Ten- year- old violinist Cao Hoang Linh from Ha Noi has won first prize in the Junior B category at the International Music Competition held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Ten- year- old violinist Cao Hoang Linh (File photo)

The annual event brought together dozens of contestants from many countries and territories, including Canada, Britain, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The jury included prestigious artists from the US, Italy, Argentina, Poland, Israel, and Japan.

Linh was born in a non-musical family, but all of them love the arts.  His grandfather, translator Ong Van Tung, has written 9 novels, 60 short stories and has won the State Prize for Literature and Arts.  He has translated 50 literature works from Chinese into Vietnamese.

Linh is now studying 4^th-year violin at the Viet Nam Music Academy under the guidance of lecturer Do Xuan Thang.

Although he is only 10, he has received scholarships to join the International Music Session camp to the US for two succeeding years.  He has also received a scholarship titled ‘Viet Nam’s Classical Music’ involving a trans-national tour in August this year.

At the Thai event, which was held between 12 and 18 November, Linh was commended for his ‘genius’.

Linh and his parents were excited at the praise.

Linh has been invited by Argentinean jury member, artist Eduardo Delgado, to join a music camp in Italy next summer.

(Source: VNA)